Young People
West African Network for Peacebuilding – Cote d’Ivoire (WANEP-CI)
WANEP-CI was established in 2003 to help facilitate cooperation among the organisations and institutions of civil society in the Ivory Coast and West Africa by promoting the regular sharing of information, experiences and resources on the problems of democracy, good governance, human rights, social justice, humanitarian action as well as prevention and conflict transformation. WANEP-CI [...] Read more >>>
Search For Common Ground (SFCG) – Ivory Coast
Search for Common Ground (SFCG) is an international peacebuilding organisation that entered the Ivory Coast in 2005 with the primary goal of reducing tensions among communities and groups, to facilitate reconciliation, strengthen social cohesion and empower Ivoirians to be in charge of mediation in their own conflicts. Working with a two-pronged approach aimed primarily at [...] Read more >>>
Centre for Research and Action for Peace (CERAP)
The African Institute for Economic and Social Development (INADES) was established in 1962 at the request of the Bishops of West Africa to work on issues of economic and social development, specifically agricultural training programsme. In 2002, INADES expanded to develop into the Centre for Research and Action for Peace (CERAP) that consists of four [...] Read more >>>
African Union Club – Ivory Coast (UACI)
The African Union Club was established in June 1998 with the intention of bringing African civil society together to appropriate the values of the pan-African organisation such as democracy, human rights, promotion of gender and youth, the fight against poverty, economic and political unity of Africa. The African Union Club runs campaigns for civic education [...] Read more >>>
Citizens Archive of Pakistan (CAP)
The Citizens Archive of Pakistan (CAP) is an initiative of a renowned Pakistani journalist, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy. The organisation is dedicated to cultural and historic preservation, and to educate the community to foster an awareness of Pakistan’s history. In the area of peacebuilding, or rather a sustainable approach to promote peace in South Asia, the [...] Read more >>>
Lok Vehar Development Organisation
Lok Vehar Development Organisation is a development and peacebuilding organisation based in the district of Faisalabad, Punjab in Pakistan. Since its inception in 2007, the organisation has been engaged in various activities focusing on the welfare of women and children; however, peacebuilding at the grassroots level is a key goal of Lok Vehar. With the [...] Read more >>>
Centre for East Lanka Social Services (CELSS)
The Centre for East Lanka Social Services (CELSS) started its work in 1994 to promote peace and understanding in the Ampara district and to support the rehabilitation of children, women and young people affected by the war. It is jointly formed by Tamil and Muslim youth who have directly experienced the conflict and have realised [...] Read more >>>
Jeeva Jothy
Jeeva Jothy was established in 1992 primarily for the rehabilitation of female former Tamil Tiger (LTTE) child soldiers. With the vision to work towards ‘Happy Children’ irrespective of their ethnic identity, Jeeva Jothy has continued taking in former female LTTE soldiers and orphaned children from war into their children’s home in Batticaloa. Jeeva Jothy has taken [...] Read more >>>
Deepaloka Foundation
Deepaloka Foundation was started in 1996 in the Ampara District and now it has spread to the North and Eastern Provinces. At the moment the organisation has 6 officers and 75 volunteers and is well established with a network of Community Based Organisations (CBO) based in over 180 Grama Niladhari Divisions. Deepaloka Foundation believes that the [...] Read more >>>
Sri Lanka Unites (SLU)
The Sri Lanka Unites movement brings together young people, aged 12 to 30, from different ethnic and religious groups to rise up, to give them a voice and to unify their efforts to strengthen the peace-building process in Sri Lanka. Emerging out of decades of great adversity, and a culture of suspicion and divisiveness, the [...] Read more >>>
